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Procedure price report · Injections and aspirations of muscles, tendons, bursa, joints and soft tissue

Draining or injecting a ganglion cyst

CPT 20612the billing code this page is about

Using a needle to drain fluid from, or inject medication into, a ganglion cyst at any location on the body.

Hospitals typically charge $308 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,202 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $323. Most fall between $123 and $602 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,202
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,202 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$76$149$308$539$941

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($76 vs $941).

How the prices are spread

$56 – $77: 113 hospitals$56$77 – $104: 127 hospitals$104 – $142: 167 hospitals$104$142 – $194: 234 hospitals$194 – $265: 208 hospitals$194$265 – $362: 317 hospitals$362 – $494: 302 hospitals$362$494 – $674: 248 hospitals$674 – $919: 141 hospitals$674$919 – $1,254: 129 hospitals$919median $308price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,986 of 2,202 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$56$77113
$77$104127
$104$142167
$142$194234
$194$265208
$265$362317
$362$494302
$494$674248
$674$919141
$919$1,254129

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$314
Median cash price$308
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $308.

Alaska: median $367 across 13 hospitalsAK$367Maine: median $158 across 20 hospitalsME$158Vermont: median $97 across 12 hospitalsVT$97New Hampshire: median $99 across 15 hospitalsNH$99Washington: median $214 across 68 hospitalsWA$214Idaho: median $311 across 18 hospitalsID$311Montana: median $127 across 28 hospitalsMT$127North Dakota: median $180 across 20 hospitalsND$180Minnesota: median $245 across 70 hospitalsMN$245Illinois: median $298 across 91 hospitalsIL$298Wisconsin: median $320 across 84 hospitalsWI$320Michigan: median $343 across 68 hospitalsMI$343New York: median $349 across 82 hospitalsNY$349Massachusetts: median $406 across 42 hospitalsMA$406Oregon: median $156 across 47 hospitalsOR$156Nevada: median $195 across 12 hospitalsNV$195Wyoming: median $160 across 11 hospitalsWY$160South Dakota: median $175 across 18 hospitalsSD$175Iowa: median $153 across 72 hospitalsIA$153Indiana: median $296 across 57 hospitalsIN$296Ohio: median $535 across 104 hospitalsOH$535Pennsylvania: median $378 across 94 hospitalsPA$378New Jersey: median $814 across 51 hospitalsNJ$814Connecticut: median $298 across 16 hospitalsCT$298Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $541 across 151 hospitalsCA$541Utah: median $560 across 26 hospitalsUT$560Colorado: median $208 across 46 hospitalsCO$208Nebraska: median $145 across 65 hospitalsNE$145Missouri: median $232 across 48 hospitalsMO$232Kentucky: median $285 across 26 hospitalsKY$285West Virginia: median $352 across 31 hospitalsWV$352Virginia: median $308 across 42 hospitalsVA$308Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $203 across 21 hospitalsAZ$203New Mexico: median $274 across 18 hospitalsNM$274Kansas: median $119 across 56 hospitalsKS$119Arkansas: median $184 across 12 hospitalsAR$184Tennessee: median $254 across 29 hospitalsTN$254North Carolina: median $236 across 50 hospitalsNC$236South Carolina: median $297 across 42 hospitalsSC$297Oklahoma: median $77 across 35 hospitalsOK$77Louisiana: median $248 across 38 hospitalsLA$248Mississippi: median $122 across 41 hospitalsMS$122Alabama: median $227 across 23 hospitalsAL$227Georgia: median $525 across 59 hospitalsGA$525Hawaii: median $468 across 14 hospitalsHI$468Texas: median $436 across 127 hospitalsTX$436Florida: median $455 across 72 hospitalsFL$455
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $308. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ51$814+164%$327 – $4,350
Utah UT26$560+82%$560 – $658
California CA151$541+76%$236 – $1,019
Ohio OH104$535+74%$282 – $883
Georgia GA59$525+70%$170 – $1,248
Hawaii HI14$468+52%$320 – $705
Florida FL72$455+48%$296 – $1,104
Texas TX127$436+42%$189 – $602
Massachusetts MA42$406+32%$186 – $895
Pennsylvania PA94$378+23%$211 – $731
Alaska AK13$367+19%$231 – $499
West Virginia WV31$352+14%$118 – $518
New York NY82$349+13%$120 – $639
Michigan MI68$343+11%$153 – $667
Wisconsin WI84$320+4%$164 – $361
Idaho ID18$311+1%$120 – $672
Virginia VA42$3080%$250 – $434
Connecticut CT16$298−3%$216 – $376
Illinois IL91$298−3%$155 – $536
South Carolina SC42$297−4%$249 – $487
Indiana IN57$296−4%$133 – $710
Kentucky KY26$285−8%$61 – $537
New Mexico NM18$274−11%$126 – $1,113
Tennessee TN29$254−17%$65 – $369
Louisiana LA38$248−20%$105 – $468
Minnesota MN70$245−20%$105 – $499
North Carolina NC50$236−23%$183 – $381
Missouri MO48$232−25%$117 – $512
Alabama AL23$227−26%$110 – $411
Washington WA68$214−30%$118 – $629
Colorado CO46$208−33%$148 – $634
Arizona AZ21$203−34%$123 – $605
Nevada NV12$195−37%$163 – $333
Arkansas AR12$184−40%$97 – $496
North Dakota ND20$180−42%$76 – $407
South Dakota SD18$175−43%$161 – $366
Wyoming WY11$160−48%$118 – $221
Maine ME20$158−49%$45 – $302
Oregon OR47$156−49%$95 – $244
Iowa IA72$153−50%$86 – $338
Nebraska NE65$145−53%$101 – $304
Montana MT28$127−59%$62 – $250
Mississippi MS41$122−60%$72 – $273
Kansas KS56$119−61%$68 – $297
New Hampshire NH15$99−68%$44 – $316
Vermont VT12$97−69%$67 – $497
Oklahoma OK35$77−75%$68 – $515
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $308.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,535$363$168 – $699
Children’s50$533$232 – $1,297
Critical access611$153$83 – $355
Ownership
For-profit172$427$183 – $775
Government449$182$96 – $411
Non-profit1,575$343$141 – $639
System affiliation
Part of a system1,772$343$144 – $655
Independent430$189$86 – $461

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$533
Median cash price$308
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,570 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $361 and the average of the middle 60% is $374; most fall between $151 and $691.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,570 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$86$180$361$590$978

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($86 vs $978).

Of the 1,685 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,570 gave a usable cash price; 42 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 73 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,202 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (56%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,362 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,202
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded82
Hospitals that filed this code2,362

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Injections and aspirations of muscles, tendons, bursa, joints and soft tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Aspiration&/Injection Ganglion Cyst Any Locatj.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Draining or injecting a ganglion cyst (CPT 20612) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20612-draining-or-injecting-a-ganglion-cyst